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Proverbs Chapter 10 verse 26 Holy Bible

ASV Proverbs 10:26

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to them that send him.
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BBE Proverbs 10:26

Like acid drink to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the hater of work to those who send him.
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DARBY Proverbs 10:26

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
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KJV Proverbs 10:26

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
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WBT Proverbs 10:26


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WEB Proverbs 10:26

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to those who send him.
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YLT Proverbs 10:26

As vinegar to the teeth, And as smoke to the eyes, So `is' the slothful to those sending him.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 26. - Vinegar (Ruth 2:14; Psalm 69:21). As sour wine sets the teeth on edge. Septuagint, "as the unripe grape is harmful to the teeth" (Ezekiel 18:2). Smoke. In a country where chimneys were unknown, and the fuel was wood or some substance more unsavoury, the eyes must have often been painfully affected by the household fire. Thus lacrimosus, "tear-producing," is a classical epithet of smoke (see Ovid, 'Metam.,' 10:6; Her., 'Sat.,' 1:5, 80). To these two annoyances is compared the messenger who loiters on his errand. The last clause is rendered by the LXX., "So is iniquity to those who practise it" - it brings only pain and vexation.

Ellicott's Commentary